Primo Zamparini (9 February 1939 – 21 August 2024) was an Italian
bantamweight
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boxer who won a silver medal at the 1960 Olympics. After winning a bronze at the
1961 European Amateur Boxing Championships
The 1961 European Amateur Boxing Championships were held in Belgrade, Yugoslavia from 3 to 10 June. The 14th edition of the bi-annual competition was organised by the European governing body for amateur boxing, EABA. There were 146 fighters fro ...
in
Belgrade
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, he turned professional, and had a record of 16 wins (7 by knockout), 6 losses and 6 draws. He was nicknamed "macchina di pugni" (punching machine).
He retired in 1966. After his retirement he founded the amateur club Pugilistica Fabrianese, where he also served as a coach.
Zamparini died in
Fabriano
Fabriano is a town and ''comune'' of Ancona province in the Italian region of the Marche, at above sea level. It lies in the Esino valley upstream and southwest of Jesi; and east-northeast of Fossato di Vico and east of Gubbio (both in U ...
on 21 August 2024 from the consequences of a fall, at the age of 85.
Amateur career
Highlights
European Championships (54 kg),
Luzern, Switzerland, May 1959:
*1/16: Bye
*1/8: Defeated
Paavo Roininen (Finland) by decision
*1/4: Lost to
Oleg Grigoryev (Soviet Union) by unanimous decision, 0–5
World Military Championships
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History
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(54 kg),
Wiesbaden
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,
West Germany
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, June 1960:
*Finals: (no data available)
XVII Summer Olympics (54 kg),
Rome, Italy
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, August–September 1960:
Official Summaries — Boxing
United States 1960 Olympic Book, p. 98.
*1/32: Bye
*1/16: Defeated Panagiotis Kostarellos (Greece) by unanimous decision, 5–0
*1/8: Defeated Katsuo Haga (Japan) by unanimous decision, 5–0
*1/4: Defeated Jerry Armstrong (United States) by majority decision, 4–1
*1/2: Defeated Oliver Taylor (Australia) by unanimous decision, 5–0
*Finals: Lost to Oleg Grigoryev (Soviet Union) by split decision, 1–3–1
European Championships (54 kg), Belgrade, Yugoslavia, June 1961:
*1/8: Defeated Miodrag Mitrović (Yugoslavia) by decision
*1/4: Defeated Gyula Török (Hungary) by decision
*1/2: Lost to Sergey Sivko (Soviet Union) by decision
Professional career
Professional boxing record
References
External links
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1939 births
2024 deaths
People from Fabriano
Olympic boxers for Italy
Bantamweight boxers
Olympic silver medalists for Italy
Boxers at the 1960 Summer Olympics
Olympic medalists in boxing
Italian male boxers
Medalists at the 1960 Summer Olympics
Sportspeople from the Province of Ancona
Accidental deaths from falls
Accidental deaths in Italy
20th-century Italian sportsmen
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